(A) No person shall transfer, sell or negotiate to sell any parcel as part of a subdivision plan before a plat of such subdivision has been approved by the city and recorded as hereinafter provided.
(B) No person shall subdivide or lay out such land in lots unless done so by plat in accordance with state law and the regulations contained in this chapter. Subdivision of any parcel by metes and bounds description for the purpose of sale, transfer or lease with the intent of evading the terms of these regulations is prohibited.
(C) No plat shall be filed in the Finance Office and no lots therein sold unless and until approved as herein provided. The Register of Deeds shall not record any document of any sale or transfer of such property. Any such unapproved plat recorded is invalid, and the City Council may institute proceedings to have the plat stricken from the records.
(D) No zoning permit or building permit shall be issued for the construction of any building or structure located on a lot subdivided or sold in violation of the provisions of these regulations. The authority to deny such a permit shall apply whether the applicant was the owner of record at the time of such violation or is the current owner of record or a vendee of the current owner pursuant to a contract of sale with, or without, actual or constructive knowledge of the violation at the time of acquisition of interest in said real property.
(E) This section shall not be construed to require all subdivision criteria to be met prior to transfer of the entire projected subdivision to another person.
(Prior Code, § Q-12-202) Penalty, see § 158.99